Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, completely untouched original Still Life in original gold leaf frame under original glass, vibrant use of color, sophisticated composition and skillful execution,as fine as other examples by well known still life artists of the period, American, circa 1880, 21"x 27 1/2" framed size. We accept time payments and quantity discounts, ** WE GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE AS REPRESENTED...

James Calvert Smith moved to New York in 1896 to pursue a career as a switchboard engineer for the New Jersey and New York phone companies. After formal art training, he began to sell his illustrations to popular New York magazines including Life, Harpers, and Post...

16" x 24" oil on canvas, signed lower left. Bio from askart.com:Walter Francis Brown was a painter and illustrator whose specialty was scenes of Venice, his adopted home. He studied at Brown University and in Paris with Jean Leon Gerome.
His work can be found at the Hay Library in Providence, Rhode Island. He was an illustrator for 'A Tramp Abroad', by Mark Twain, and 'Roger Williams', by Charles Miller.
Source:
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"

5.5" x 8 1/4" signed lower right and inscribed with label and titled "sunset"--oil on canvas and laid down on a rigid support. Bio from askart.com: Born in New York City, Albert Lorey Groll became a much admired, successful western desert landscape and skyscape painter, although he remained a resident of New York City where he associated with the cultural elite. In 1910, he was elected to the National Academy of Design...